This report, prepared for the Nantucket Energy Study Committee, addresses important background information which can be used to study the feasibility of implementing land-based wind turbines on Nantucket. Through interviews with key informants and archival research, the project team addressed pertinent laws, regulations, and permits; ownership and financial arrangements; and concerns regarding implementing wind turbines on Nantucket. The project provides a timeline to address laws, regulations and permits; evaluates the financials of different turbine sizing options; recommends how to mitigate concerns; and ultimately proposes how Nantucket should proceed with their land-based wind project.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hunt, Jennifer Lynn
• Skelly, Justin Louis
• Berlo, Diana Michelle
• Martori, Amanda Lynn

Subject

• Energy
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Innovation
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121608-091223

Keyword

• Wind power
• Sustainability
• Energy policy
• Sustainable development--Economic aspects

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Elmes, Michael B.

Year

• 2008

Center

• Nantucket, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nantucket Energy Study Committee

Date created

• 2008-12-16

Location

• Nantucket

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18